Cleaner for gun-barrels



{No ModeL) J. o. PETM'ECKY. CLEANER EUR GUN BARRELS.

No. 289,132. Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

UNITED IStarts JOSEPH o. rnrtrncir,

OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

CLEANER For: GUN-BARRELS.

srnorrrcnfrron forming part of Letters Patent No.1289,132, datedNovember 27, 1883. Application filed September 26, v1883. (No model.)

. in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cleaners for Gun-Barrels; and I do herebydeolare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and'use the same. l f.

My invention is an improvement. in guneleanin g implements.

Itconsists oi' a brush or cleaner formed in the main of spring metal,(preferably of brass) and provided with bristles beveledy at their freeends, lso set in suitable holding parts as that when unconfned saidbristles will move outward from a 'common axis and bear against theinner surface of a gun-barrel when placed wit-hin the same. It consists,also, of a metallic cylindrical clasp provided at one end with flangesadapted to lit over the body and bristles ofnsaid' cleaner to hold Athelatter to a conned yposi' tion while the-brush or cleaner is beingplaced in the barrel of a gun to be cleaned.

In fmy drawings, Figure 1 'is an elevation of the cleaner with thebristlegs in a normal position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the devicecomplete and placed within the barrel of a gun..4 Fig. 3 shows amodiiication of the cleaner.

Similar reference-letters indicate like parts in all of the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A is the cleaner, formed of cylindricaltubing tempered to a springftemper and out radially to form bristles a,beveled at their' lower or free ends to' form cutting-edges. Thebristlesa are interposed andl secured between the socket -cylinder B.

and an encirclingband, G.` A metallic cylinder, D, having an outerdiameter equal to the gun-barrel with which it is to be used, has aninner flange, b, and an outer one, c, and serves as a jacket or clasp toconfine the bristles a while the cleaner is being placed in the muzzleof the barrel. Then in position in the barrel, the inner lange of theclasp D bears upon the band C, 4While the outer iange',c,

'surface of said barrel.

rests upon the end of the gun-barrel.

In operating the cleaner or brush after the devicel is placed inthebarrel, the said brush A is forced outside of the cylindrical claspuntil the bristles c spring against the inner The cleaner is novirforced inward, and then moved back and forward, in the usual Way, t0free the entire barrel of lead, caked powder, and other accumulatedrefuse matter. j Y Arr-important point in my vcleaner is the beveling ofthe freeends of the bristles al, so that a chisel-edge may be presentedconstantly tothe inner surface of the barrel While the said cleaner isatwvork.V Y

v Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 'is- 1. A gun-cleaner consisting of twometallic tubes, placed one inside the other and iirmly united, and acircle of spring-Scrapers having one end inserted between the tubes andheld there.

2. A gun cleaner provided with springscrapers formed to fit the interiorof the gunbarrel, in combination with a sheath or case Y removablyplaced thereon, said sheath or case being providedwith a ledge on itsupper end, which rests on-the outer or muzzle end of the gunbarrel andholds the sheath `while the cleaner is passed down the barrel.

3. A gun-cleaner having spring-Scrapers for I cleaning the inside of thebarrel, and provided with an extension near its upper end, incombination with a sheath or case provided With an exterior ledge forresting on the muzzle of the gun and an interior ledge for engagementwith the extension on the cleaner,whereby the sheath is held at themuzzle of the gun while the cleaner is thrust into the barrel, and bothcleaner and sheath are removed together, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

' Josnrn o. PETMEGKY.

i Vitnesses:

T. R. PEARCE, W. M. RoBnR'rsoN.

